Bed-slat support.



No. 687,238. Patented Nov; 26, IQUL 'J.-JOHNSON.

BED SLAT SUPPORT. (Application filed m @1901.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

JACOB JOHNSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BED-SLAT SUPPORT.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,238, dated November26, 1901.

Application filed July 5, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J noon JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Oincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have inventeda certain new and useful Bed-Slat Support; and I do declare thefollowing to be a clear, full, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, attention being called to the accompanyingdrawings, with the referencenumerals markedthereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the means whereby themattress-supporting slats of bedsteads are supported on the side railsof a bedstead.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which for sanitaryreasons and cleanliness presents certain advantages against existingdevices now used for the same purpose.

In the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims following is found a full description of the invention, togetherwith its parts and construction, which latter is also illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 shows in a perspective viewa part of a bedstead viewed from the inside. Fig. 2 shows part of a topView of a bedstead. Fig.

3 is a perspective View, enlarged to practically full size, of one of mybed-slat supports or brackets constructed as contemplated by myinvention; and Fig. 4 shows a top view of the same device as it appearswhen attached in position. Fig. 5 shows the blank of such a device whenmade of sheet metal.

In the drawings, 7 is part of one of the two ends of a customarybedstead, and 8 is part of one of the two rails, and which ends andrails when attached to each other form the upright parts of the bedsteadcomplete.

9 represents the slats upon which the mattress or bedding is supportedand which slats are carried by the side rails, resting on brackets 10,secured to the inside of these latter. These brackets or supports are ofsuitable metal, castor wrought, or they may be of malleable iron. Theyconsist of the support 10 proper, presenting when in position a horizontal flat surface upon which the ends having the slats rest, and ofthe upwardly-pro Serial No. 671084. (No model.)

jecting flanges 11 at each of its ends, which confi ne the slatsto thesupport and prevent them from leaving the same sidewise. From 5 5 oneofthe upright edges of each of these flanges there project again inlengthwise direction-"what is, parallel to the rail or to the sides ofsupport 10*other flanges 12, which have perforations 13 to permitpassage of nails or screws whereby the supports are fastened to theinside of the bed-rails.

In order to prevent as much as possible the presence of corners orspaces where dust could accumulate and which might afford a hiding- 6 5place for insects, supports 10 are cut out between their ends, as shownat 14, by concaving orcurving'out one'of their longer sides, providingthus an open space between them and the inside of the bed-rails andlimiting the contact with this latter to flanges 12. The presence ofspaces and interstices where insects might abide are thus reduced toa-minimum, which is the leading feature of this invention. Instead ofhaving flanges 11 arranged at right angles to support 10 or side rails 8one or the two might be converging, as shown in Fig. 4, so that thespace between their outer ends is reduced against the'space betweentheir inner ends near the side rail of the bed. By cutting the ends ofthe slats 9 accordingly and as shown in Fig. 2 they, in conjunction withthese converging flanges, serve as ties to hold the side rails of thebed rigidly to each other and prevent any tendency of them to spread.They may all be this way, or a number of the form shown in Fig. 3 mightbe usedin connection with some of those shown in Fig. 4 and serving, inconjunction with the supported slats, as ties. In 0 such case one ofthis latter form near each end and one in the middle might besufficient. Fig. 5 shows the shape of a blank when these devices areout, stamped, and shaped out of sheet metal and which blank embodies all5 parts and necessary flanges of the. device.

Having-described my invention,I claim as new-- 1. In a bedslat support,the combination of the flat horizontal support 10, upturned flanges Ioe11, 11, at its ends and attaching-flanges 12, 12, projecting outwardlyand in lengthwise direction, one from one of the upright edges of eachof flanges 11, said attaching-flanges being in line with one of thesides of fiat support 10, which side is concaved or curved out betweenits ends and the attaching-flanges thereat so that no other parts orsurfaces except these latter come in contact with the bedstead.

2. The blank for a sheet-metal bed-slat support consisting of thecentral portion 10, curved on one side, the rounded extensions 11, 11and the additional perforated exten- 1o sions 12, 12, projectinglaterally from the curved side.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

J AOOB JOHNSON. Witnesses:

O. SPENGEL, ARTHUR KLINE.

